GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| blackball | to vote against |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| guy | man |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
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| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |